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" I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with. "

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" If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications. "

" The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that. "

" I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories. "

" I'm not setting 'Jericho' up to be anything other than what it is, which is, you know, a piece of good, well thought-out, well put-together TV and entertainment. "

" I did a film once in the Sahara. It was pretty awe-inspiring. I remember sitting up on the roof of our hotel, watching the sun go down, and all around me, for 360 degrees, was nothing but sand. It took your breath away but also made you feel tiny. "

" The death penalty in the U.S. has become a political tool - and it should never be that. "

" I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film. "

" I will say that when I first came out to the States to work on 'Jericho,' that was the only time that I've ever been frightened about a job, because in America they tell stories over such a long time, and I was petrified that I'd get bored. "

" I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that. "

" I've written virtually as long as I've acted, it wasn't a sudden transition. I acted in my first play when I was 16 and I wrote my first play when I was 17. "

" I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films. "

" I became politicised in my mid teens, at the time of ska and 2 Tone and the Anti-Nazi League, when I'd get dressed up for a night out in my white socks and loafers, and the last thing I'd hear is, 'Have a good night - be careful of the police.' "

" I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport. "

" I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a girl who wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be close to the girl, so I followed her into an audition. "

" The Internet links me to friends and family around the world. Skype rocks! "

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" I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh. "

" When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace. "

" I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing one way, it's exciting to go the other. "

" One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much thought to justifying his actions until he was under investigation. "

" My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue. "

" My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing. "

" I'd really like to go Sydney. I've been to Australia a few times, but I have never been there. "